1st night in new hammock

[lungcutter]

My son and I are staying out tonight in our new ENO hammocks. We are expecting a low of 4 deg F. tonight. I have slept at -30deg F on the ground, this will be the first time trying to use a hammock. I will let all know the results tomorrow.

[Cannibal]

Good luck!
What thickness of ccf are you using?

[lungcutter]

I am going with 2 thick wool blankets overtop of a ccf pad. and I am using a - 40 bag. My son is using a homemade under quilt and his winter bag. We will both be dressed in warmer clothes as well.

[Cannibal]

You should be good. Have a blast and report back!

[MacEntyre]

What a great thing to do with your son!

Sounds like you are well prepared.

- MacEntyre

[Bakeel]

Good luck and stay warm.

[lungcutter]

We had a combination of success and failure. We had no problems with the cold, we were quite warm in our bags. My son slept great. I on the other hand ended up waking up after 4 hours and just laying there wide awake. The problem for me was that I was too hot in the mummy bag and combined with the tightness of the bag and being hot, I had to bug out. I know that I could have stripped off layers and climbed back in and been fine.

The final temp was 6deg F with a wind chill of 1deg F. We were very happy with the comfort level of the hammocks, just need to do a little adjustment on the layers of clothes and the mummy bag.

I will be hanging again next week in northern NY. Should be a fun weekend.

[Cannibal]

If your mummy bag has a full length zipper, try just unzipping it and using it like a quilt next time. Makes it very easy to take care of that thermal regulation without having to futz with removing or adding layers in the middle of the night.

[lungcutter]

That is usually what I do when I sleep on the ground. I was a little worried about being cold. Next time I will try it that way. Thanks for the advise.